[Characteristics of the adaptation of the dwarf tapeworm to new hosts].

Abstract excerpt

Studies of the inbred lines of mice A/He, AKR and CBA infected with different strains of H. nana have shown that the helminth, when changing the host for another one of the same species but with different hereditary characters, happens to be insufficiently adapted to the new host. However it does not prevent the start of the infectious process. With increasing number of passages the parasite's adaptation level to...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animals
• Genotype
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Hymenolepiasis
• Hymenolepis
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred A
• Mice, Inbred AKR
• Mice, Inbred CBA
• Mice, Inbred Strains
• Serial Passage